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Uber’s in-house lawyers must hand over emails in taxi driver class action
Rideshare giant Uber Technologies has lost a bid to keep its in-house legal team from handing over emails to a class action brought by Australian taxi drivers as well as the company behind the GoCatch taxi app.
Dam operators, Queensland face ‘very large’ costs in floods class action
Embattled dam operators Seqwater and Sunwater, along with the State of Queensland, have been hit with costs in a class action over the 2011 floods that destroyed 2,000 homes and claimed 12 lives.
Google execs held ‘Oh shit’ meeting after report on location data disclosures, court hears
A media report about Google's location data privacy disclosures that set off investigations by consumer regulators in Australia and the US triggered crisis talks by senior executives of the search engine giant referred to as the 'Oh shit meeting', a court has been told.
Google fires back at ACCC data collection suit, says it sought ‘explicit consent in plain terms’
Google has rejected claims by the ACCC that it tricked consumers into agreeing to expanded collection of their personal data, saying that it instead sought "explicit consent" from users through an "easy-to-understand opt-in consent mechanism".
Proportionality no basis to deny fees in $7M QRxPharma class action settlement, judge says
A judge has approved a $7 million settlement in a class action against the directors of pharmaceutical company QRxPharma, only a third of which will go to group members, saying proportionality was not a basis for rejecting fees that were otherwise fair and reasonable.
Funder will take loss in $7M QRxPharma class action settlement
The funder backing a shareholder class action against the directors of pharmaceutical firm QRxPharma will not seek to profit from a $7 million settlement in order to bring about a better return for group members, a judge has been told.
Oscar Wylee fined $3.5M for its ‘betrayal’ of consumers
Eyewear retailer Oscar Wylee has been fined $3.5 million for its misleading 'Buy a pair, Give a pair' promotion, with a judge calling the representations "brazen" and "plainly deceitful".
ACCC calls for $3.5M penalty for Oscar Wylee’s ‘brazen’ charity misrepresentations
The ACCC has asked a court to impose a $3.5 million penalty against eyewear retailer Oscar Wylee for making misleading representations about its charitable donations and affiliations, including that it would donate one pair of eyeglasses to charity for every pair purchased.
Virgin ordered to fly engines to US, as creditors sign off on $3.5B sale to Bain
Virgin Australia has been ordered to return four jet engines to the United States, after a court found the embattled airline and its administrators failed to properly hand over the engines and other equipment to their owners.
VW rightly hit with $125M fine after ‘starving’ judge of evidence, court told
An appeals court has been urged to uphold a judge's $125 million penalty against Volkswagen in the ACCC's case over the car maker's emissions cheating, with a court-appointed contradictor saying the judge was "starved" of the information he required to assess whether a $75 million agreement brokered by the consumer watchdog was reasonable.